♦ nivek ♦ Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 "The essential characteristic of Western civilizationthat distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state." -- Ludwig Von Mises (1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Ludwig.Von.Mises.Quote.3132 "The [classical] liberal, of course, does not deny that there are some superior people -- he is not an egalitarian -- but he denies that anyone has authority to decide who these superior people are." -- Fredrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974 Source: "Why I Am Not a Conservative," postcript to The Constitution of Liberty [1960] (Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1972), p. 402 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Fredrich.August.von.Hayek.Quote.6519 "The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is nogovernment at all. ... One might point out how the Renaissance wasgreat, because it sought to solve no social problem, and busied itselfnot about such things, but suffered the individual to develop freely,beautifully, and naturally, and so had great and individual artists,and great, individual men. One might point out how Louis XIV, bycreating the modern state, destroyed the individualism of the artist..." -- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Source: "The Soul of Man Under Socialism", in Oscar Wilde's Plays, Writings and Poems (J.M. Dent, 1930), pp. 281 and 283 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Oscar.Wilde.Quote.656E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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